Russian Political System ‘Unstable’ and People May Turn Overnight on Their Leaders, Zyuganov Says

Paul Goble
    Staunton, Nov. 12 – Gennady Zyuganov, longtime head of the KPRF, says that the Russian political system is “unstable” and that “those who are involved in the political system” in Russia are at risk of attack because the people in his country have demonstrated in the past that they can turn from supporters to opponents overnight.
    The KPRF’s fears are undoubtedly shared by many other political figures in the Russian Federation and help to explain why so many of them are afraid to rock the boat even a little lest in doing so they put themselves at risk (agents.media/zyuganov-nazval-politicheskuyu-sistemu-rossii-neustojchivoj-i-predupredil-chto-ona-mozhet-posypatsya/).
    And such fears, likely in most cases far more than the effectiveness of propaganda or repression, go a long way to help to explain why Putin is able to prevent them from acting individually or collectively against him, however much they may disagree with him on this or that policy.